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PUTC(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual PUTC(3)
NAMEfputc, putc, putc_unlocked, putchar, putchar_unlocked, putw -- output a
character or word to a stream
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS#include <stdio.h>
intfputc(intc, FILE*stream);
intputc(intc, FILE*stream);
intputc_unlocked(intc, FILE*stream);
intputchar(intc);
intputchar_unlocked(intc);
intputw(intw, FILE*stream);
DESCRIPTION
The fputc() function writes the character c (converted to an ``unsigned
char'') to the output stream pointed to by stream.
The putc() macro acts essentially identically to fputc(), but is a macro
that expands in-line. It may evaluate stream more than once, so argu-
ments given to putc() should not be expressions with potential side
effects.
The putchar() function is identical to putc() with an output stream of
stdout.
The putw() function writes the specified int to the named output stream.
The putc_unlocked() and putchar_unlocked() functions are equivalent to
putc() and putchar() respectively, except that the caller is responsible
for locking the stream with flockfile(3) before calling them. These
functions may be used to avoid the overhead of locking the stream for
each character, and to avoid output being interspersed from multiple
threads writing to the same stream.
RETURN VALUES
The functions, fputc(), putc(), putchar(), putc_unlocked() and
putchar_unlocked() return the character written. If an error occurs, the
value EOF is returned. The putw() function returns 0 on success; EOF is
returned if a write error occurs, or if an attempt is made to write a
read-only stream.
SEE ALSOferror(3), flockfile(3), fopen(3), getc(3), putwc(3), stdio(3)STANDARDS
The functions fputc(), putc(), and putchar(), conform to ISO/IEC
9899:1990 (``ISO C90''). The putc_unlocked() and putchar_unlocked()
functions conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1''). A function
putw() function appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
BUGS
The size and byte order of an int varies from one machine to another, and
putw() is not recommended for portable applications.
FreeBSD 10.1 January 10, 2003 FreeBSD 10.1